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Unusual pattern of injury caused by a pyrotechnic hand held signal flare
D W Oliver1, M Ragbir, P J Saxby
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford).
Journal of Accident & Emergency Medicine
|July 1, 1997
Abstract:
The case is reported of a man shot with a distress flare from a range of about 3 m. The flare caused a large cavity deep in the pectoral muscles. There should be a high index of suspicion about the extent of the injury in all types of penetrating trauma.